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Patented Mar. 27, 1894 INVENTOH WITNESSES.

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SAMUEL F. PURINGTON, OF BRUNSWICK, MAINE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUELKNIGHT, JR., OF SAME PLACE.

HANGING OR SWINGING CHAIR.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,296, dated March27, 1894.

\ Application filed August 5, 1893. Serial No. 482,445- (No model.)

may be expeditiously and conveniently con-- nected with their supports,and disconnected in such manner that the chairs and supports may befolded compactly, rendering it possible for such chairs and supports tobe shipped in a minimum of space, and expeditiously and convenientlyadjusted when set up for use.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the v1ews.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improvements applied to swingingor hanging chairs. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of both the armsupport and chair fork. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of one endof the arm support; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view showing anarm support folded up upon a hanging support for the chair.

In carrying out the invention the body A of the chair may be ofanyapproved construction. Ordinarily it consists of a back the sidepieces of which are continued downward to form the legs 10,which are twoin number and are located at the back, and the seat B, is pivotedbetween the legs 10 below the back. Chairs of this description may beset up in various ways. In the example shown in the drawings a platform11, is illustrated as being pivotally connected with four uprights orswinging supports 12, the supports being 10- cated'respectively at thefour corners of the platform. A chair is adapted to be located at eachend of this platform, and at the lower extremity of the legs of eachchair a fork 13,

is formed, the members of the fork being adapted to lie at each side ofthe pivot pin or rod connecting the uprights with the platform, the legsof the chair being preferably located between the swinging supports oruprights and the platform, as shown in Fig. 1. The seats B, when thechairs are so hung, are supported upon rounds connecting the swinginguprights or supports, as is also shown in Fig. 1. The arms O of thechairs may be of any desired length, and each arm is provided at itsouter end with an angle iron 14, shown best in Fig. 3, one member of theangle iron being carried beyond the inner face of the arm, while theother member is secured per manentlyin anyapproved manner to the outerside face of the arm. The rear member, or that extending transverselyacross the end of the arm is provided with an upright key-hole slot 15,the reduced portion thereof being the upper portion. The inner end ofeach arm is beveled decidedly in a downward direction,

and near the inner extremity of the arm one end of a link 16, ispivoted, which link is of sufficient length, when placed parallel withthe arm, to extend beyond its inner or beveled end, and near the innerend of the link a key-hole slot 17, is produced longitudinally therein.A stud 18, is secured to the back portion of the side rails of eachchair, and studs 19, are also secured to the swinging supports 12 abovethe point where the seats rest upon the rounds connecting the swingingsupports. When the chairs are set up and their forked legs are locatedupon the platform, the links of the arms are made to receive the studsof the swinging supports. The angle irons at the outer ends of the armsare made to receive the studs upon the chairs, and the arms are thenpressed downward until their links 16, are parallel with them and theirbeveled inner ends engage with the outer edges of the swinging supports.In this manner the arms will form a proper connection between thesupports and the back of the chair in connection with which they areused, maintaining the chair in proper position.

In the matter of shipment the chairs may be expeditiously andconveniently detached entirely from the platform and swinging supports,and such detachment is effected in the following manner: The inner endsof the arms 0, are forced upward, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,carrying theirbeveled ends out of engagement with the swinging supports,whereupon the chair may be moved inward, or in direction of saidsupports, and the outer ends of the arms are at that time moved slightlyupward until the studs 18 enter the larger portions of the slots 15 inthe angle irons 14. The angle irons may now be disconnected from thechair backs by carrying the said chair backs farther inward, and thenthe links 16, may be disconnected from the studs 19 on the swingingsupports; the seats of the chairs may now be permitted to drop betweentheir legs 10, and the chairs after being removed from engagement withthe platform may be packed flatly upon the swinging supports, platform,or upon one another as may be found most convenient to the packer. Thearms 0 need not necessarily be entirely removed from the swingingsupports 12, since after the arms have been disconnected from the chairsthe arms may be swung parallel and to an engagement with the swingingsupports, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. In swinging or hanging chairs, the combination,with swinging and platform supports, of a chair provided with forkedlower extremitieshaving removable connection with the platform support,and arms removably connected with the swinging supports and with thechair at the back thereof, said arms being provided with a linkpivotally connected thereto at one end and an angle iron at the oppositeend, the link and angle iron having slots therein, receiving studslocated respectively on the swinging supports and upon the chair body,as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In hanging or swinging chairs, the combination with a platformsupport and hanging or swinging supports connecting therewith, of achair having its legs forked for removable connection with the platformsupport, studs located upon the body of the chair and upon the hangingsupports, and arms adapted to connect the body of the chair and saidhanging supports, said arms being provided at one end with a linkpivoted thereto and extending beyond the arm and having a key-hole slotproduced therein to receive a stud on a swinging support, the oppositeend of the arm being provided with a bracket projecting beyond one sideface, the projecting portion of the bracket having a key-hole slotformed in it to receive a stud on the body of the chair, as and for thepurpose specified.

SAMUEL F. PURINGTON. Witnesses:

SAMUEL KNIGHT, Jn, WESTON MONQUIN.

